EPA History: Lead

Note: The resources listed below are available for historical reference only. Page layout may differ for older documents and some links may be broken.

Press Releases

• EPA Requires Phase-Out of Lead in All Grades of Gasoline
  [EPA press release - November 28, 1973]

• EPA Sets New Limits on Lead in Gasoline
  [EPA press release - March 4, 1985]

• EPA Takes Final Step in Phaseout of Leaded Gasoline
  [EPA press release - January 29, 1996]

• PR Lead Based Paint Right to Know Extended
  [EPA press release - December 6, 1996]

Other Resources

• EPA Lead website

• Lead Poisoning: A Historical Perspective
  May 1985 EPA Journal article by Jack Lewis.